Financial support available

AHSS Work Placement Bursary

Applications are now open

AHSS Work Placement Bursary

Bursary support can help alleviate financial pressures

Our Work Placement Bursary for students studying in Arts, Humanities and Social Science seeks to provide support for students planning to undertake a paid or unpaid work placement lasting longer than two weeks.

There are two bursary schemes open, one for undergraduate students and one for postgraduate taught students.

Undergraduate students

UG Applicant Guidance Notes

Before you apply please make sure you have read our applicant guidance notes and agreed to our terms and conditions.

Students must be studying in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and must be in receipt of no other funding. Placements can be paid or unpaid (dependent on location) and must last a minimum of two weeks. Eligible placements based outside Northern Ireland can be paid or unpaid, and placements based in Northern Ireland must be unpaid.

UG Application Process

Applications are now open

Applications can be made on a rolling basis throughout the academic year. Students should expect to receive notification of the outcome of their application within 15 days of the closest assessment period date.

Postgraduate students

PGT Applicant Guidance Notes

Before you apply please make sure you have read our applicant guidance notes and agreed to our terms and conditions.

Students must be studying a postgraduate taught course of study in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and must be in receipt of no other funding. Placements can be paid or unpaid (dependent on location) and must last a minimum of two weeks. Eligible placements based outside Northern Ireland can be paid or unpaid, and placements based in Northern Ireland must be unpaid.

PGT Application Process

Applications are now open

Applications can be made on a rolling basis throughout the academic year. Students should expect to receive notification of the outcome of their application within 10 days of the closest assessment period.

Support from the Bursary scheme enabled me to undertake an international placement with HROne in Shanghai, China. My weekdays were spent working in the legal team of an international HR company and the weekends touring the sights of one of the world’s most populated cities!
Sophie BellBA Law and French, Bursary recipient